Ryszard Pawelek graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Lodz University of Technology (1977). He obtained his PhD in 1986. From 1988 to 2019, he served as deputy director at the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering. Currently, he works as a scientific and research specialist at the Institute of Power Engineering. His scientific interests include: quality of electricity, distributed electricity generation, power micro-systems. He is a member of The Polish Committee for Quality and Efficient Use of Electricity and expert of the Polish Association of Electrical Engineers (SEP) in the field of electricity quality.